It is not the same world as it used to be
The world is turned for the worse
There's influence from outer space in technology
A lot of the particularly gifted people are being killed
The world is a darker place now
There is suffering in so many ways
In my youth I saw the oncoming of technology
Now it seems to be killing me
There is peace and harmony here
The music and dancing of harmony and joy
The little fishes coursing down the drifts of current
Peacefully and without war they go coursing on
Pulsing with the beat of time they go
Without a purpose without a reason
Without needing to know where they go
Old hermit's hut encroached in shadows
The birds sing sweetly from your rafters
All the preparing of cabbage and beef
The shuffling of pots as I make your dinner
At night we lay under the stars together
And listen to the whirring and humming of humanity
They breach along the northern bay and gather
We watch them in their gathering
The going on of the people at night
And the sleep that comes with the dawn
The hopelessness I feel when I hold you
Like you are never going to be safe in my arms
A night, a night, but what after that
To starve upon some foreign shores
In Jesus' Name,
Amen